23] – The 32nd annual NAGASAKI COMMEMORATION will begin at 5:30
PM with a potluck dinner on Tues., Aug. 9 , 2016 at Homewood Friends Meeting,
3107 N. Charles St. At 7 PM, the program will begin. David
Eberhardt will again read some poetry. Then Firmin DeBrabander, a
professor of philosophy at the Maryland Institute
College of Art and author of "Do Guns Make Us Free?" (Yale
University Press, 2015) will discuss The Madness of Gun Violence in the USA.
Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski at Verizon.net.

24] – The
annual Frederick, Maryland Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Commemoration will occur at the Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ,
15 West Church St., Frederick, on Tues., Aug. 9 at 7 PM. The event, which
will include Hibakusha/Downwinder testimonies, is sponsored by Frederick Women
in Black. Contact John Steinbach at 703-822-3485 or johnsteinbach1@verizon.net.

25] –Not Your Wedge: A Brown
Bag Briefing on the Effects of Affirmative Action on the AAPI Community will
happen at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, 1620 L St. NW,
#1100, WDC 20036, , on Wed., Aug. 10 from noon to 2 PM. In 51 pages,
Justice Alito refers to Asian Americans 40+ times in an attempt to paint Asian
Americans as the victims of Affirmative Action. But we are not your wedge and
there are no 'victims.' Join Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC for a
conversation on how Affirmative Action affects the AAPI community. A panel of
leading experts will provide a brief update on Affirmative Action, and then the
remaining time will be devoted to Q&A. RSVP at https://goo.gl/forms/T9lmZLksvL7rBGRn1.

26] – “Brooklyn Castle,” as part of the Charm City Film
Series, will screen on Wed., Aug. 10 at 6:30 PM at the Baltimore Ethical
Society, 306 W. Franklin St., Baltimore 21201. This public-school
powerhouse in junior high chess competitions has won more than 30 national
championships, the most of any school in the country. Most astoundingly, I.S.
318 is a Brooklyn school that serves mostly minority students from families
living below the poverty line. The film is the exhilarating story of five of
the school's aspiring young players and how chess became the school's unlikely
inspiration for academic success. THE CHARM CITY FILM SERIES hosted by the
Baltimore Ethical Society. Enjoy refreshments as well as the discussion
following the screening. Go to http://www.meetup.com/Charm-City-Film-Series/events/230350734/?rv=me1.

27] – Come
to Seditious Feast #10 In Solidarity with Incarcerated Workers at 4518 14th St.
NW, WDC, on Wed., Aug. 10 from 7 to 11:30 PM. This will be a
potluck style social event with a very brief presentation and Q&A on the
IWW Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC). There will
also be information on how you can become involved independently or with a
group. Help is needed to get information to prison workers, and which is done
by hosting envelope stuffing and letter writing nights. There are also
solidarity events being planned in the area in conjunction with a
planned nationwide prison worker strike on the anniversary of the Attica Prison
Uprising 45 years ago. Members of the IWW have created the IWOC, the
Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, which functions as a liaison for
prisoners to organize each other, unionize, and build solid bridges between
prisoners on the inside and fellow workers on the outside. Go to https://iwoc.noblogs.org/about/.

28] – The
Emerging Racial Justice Agenda is the topic of discussion at the Institute for
Policy Studies, 1301 Connecticut Ave. NW, WDC, on Thurs., Aug. 11 from
noon to 2 PM. Join IPS in honoring and examining the
just-released "Policy Demands for Black Power, Freedom & Justice” by
the Movement for Black Lives. Over the course of the last year, over 30 groups
from across the country have come together through the Movement for Black Lives
Policy Table to form a united front and development a platform that intervenes
in this political moment, advances a more radical Black centered policy vision,
and addresses the systemic devaluing and destruction of Black lives. The result
is the newly released “Vision for Black Lives: Policy Demands for Black Power,
Freedom & Justice,” a set of 40 comprehensive and visionary policy demands
that extend beyond the police killing of Black people to reflect the Movement
for Black Lives’ determination to address state violence that appears in many
forms — from failing schools that criminalize our children to the poisoning of
our water. The panelists are Charlene A. Carruthers, National Director, BYP 100
(via Skype). Janae Bonsu, Intern IPS’ Criminalization of Race and Poverty and
BYP 100 National Policy Director, and Marc Bayard, IPS Associate Fellow and the
director of IPS’s Black Worker Initiative. The event will be moderated by Netfa
Freeman, IPS Events Coordinator and organizer with Pan-African Community
Action. RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/1792419310979885/?notif_t=plan_user_invited&notif_id=1470440380098777.

29] – Join a Moms Meetup on Thurs., Aug. 11 from 2 to 4 PM to
prepare for the Disarm Hate Rally on Sat., Aug. 13 at the. Capitol Hill Arts
Workshop, 545 7th St. SE., WDC, MomsRising is honored to co-host the
Disarm Hate Rally where the LGBTQ+ community, allies, advocates, celebrities,
religious leaders, and families from around the country will gather on the
National Mall to call for equality, justice, and commonsense gun laws. Make
signs and decorate Statue of Liberty crowns for the event? RSVP
at http://action.momsrising.org/survey/DisarmHateDCMomsMeetup/?t=6&akid=8154.2411466.fGOH_g

Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.
"The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has
always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to
lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and everything to
lose--especially their lives." Eugene Victor Debs